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SERVICE 



ARIZONA 




U.S.A. 



1917 



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0. of D. 
JAN 23 1918 






PRESIDENT ^VILSONS CALL 
FOR FOOD CONSERVATION 





"'"P'HE chief part of the burden of 
finding food supphes for the 
peoples associated with us in 
war falls for the present upon 
the American people, and the 
drain on supplies on such a 
scale necessarily effects to con- 
serve our necessities of life. 

USE SURPLUS AND ELIMINATE WASTE 
"Our country, however, is blessed with an 
abundance of foodstuffs, and if our people will 
economize in their use of food, providently con- 
fining themselves to the quantities required for 
the maintenance of health and strength ; if they 
will eliminate waste ; and if they will make use 
of those commodities of which we have a surplus 
and thus free for export a larger proportion of 
those required by the world now dependent upon 
us, we shall not only be able to accomplish our 
obligations to them, but we shall obtain and 
establish reasonable prices at home. 

"To provide an adequate supply of food both 
for our own soldiers on the other side of the seas 
and for the civil population and the armies of the 
allies is one of our first and foremost obligations ; 
for if we are to maintain their constancy in this 
struggle for the independence of all nations we 
must first maintain their health and strength. 
The solution of our own problems, therefore, is 
dependent upon the individual service of every 
man, woman and child in the United States. The 
great voluntary effort in this direction which has 
been initiated and organized by the food admin- 
istration under my direction offers an oppor- 
tunity of service in the war which is open to 
every individual and by which every individual 
may serve both his own people and the peoples 
of the world. 

PLEDGES ARE ASKED FOR HOOVER 
"We cannot accomplish our objects in this 
great war without sacrifice and devotion, and in 
no direction can that sacrifice and devotion be 
shown more than by each home and public eating 
place in the country pledging its support to the 
Food Administration and complying with its re- 
quests." 





WHAT TO EAT 

In Order To Serve 

"Eat plenty, but wisely and with- 
out waste. Buy less ; cook no 
more than necessary ; serve 
smaller portions. Preach and 
practice the gospel of the clean 
plate. Use local and seasonable 
supplies ; watch out for waste. 
Whenever possible, use poultry, game and sea 
foods in place of beef, mutton and pork. Use 
potatoes and other vegetables freely. Save 
wheat by substituting in part cornmeal and other 
cereal flours for wheat flour. Save butter and 
lard. Use butter on the table, but substitute 
vegetable oils for cooking. Save sugar. Use less 
candy and sweet drinks and less sugar in tea and 
coffee." — Herbert Hoover. 




Arizona W^ill Do Her Part 

"Always in the lead, never slack- 
ing in any duty, Arizona has re- 
sponded to the call for service in 
the homes by immediate substi- 
tution for foods needed by our 
allies and our soldiers abroad. 
The result of the pledge card 
campaign shows that Arizona is in earnest, as 
she always is, in matters of vital moment. The 
little army of Arizona households now enlisted 
in the nation's call for more food for export will 
do its duty in this as well as the many other 
phases of war work in which it will be called 
upon to give service." — Timothy A. Riordan, 
United States Food Administrator for Arizona. 




EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, Governor R. E. MOORE, Treasurer 

DWIGHT B. HEARD, Chairman GEORGE H. SMALLBY, Secretary 

MRS. PAULINE M. O'NEILL 
JOHN C. GREENWAY D. H. CLARIDGE L. H. MANNING 

T A. RIORDAN D. T. MacDOUGAL C. E. MILLS 

THE ARIZONA COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 

Headquarters 
118 N. Central Ave. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 



SUB-COMMITTEES 



Public Defense and Security 

JOHN C. GREENWAY, Chairman 
Transportation 

BPES RANDOLPH, Chairman 
Highways and Routes of Travel 

LAMAR COBB, Chairman 
Public Health and Sanitation 

DR. R. N. LOONEY, Chairman 
Relief 

JDGE E. W. WELLS, Chairman 
Law 

WILEY E. JONES, Chairman 



Production, Conservation and 
Distribution of Food Supplies 

DR. R. B. VON KLEINSMID, 
Publication Chairman 

JAMES H. McCLINTOCK, Chairman 
Public Revenue and Finance 

JOHN H. PAGE, Chairman 
Mines and Manufactories 

C. E. MILLS, Chairman 
Scientific Research 

DR. D. T. MacDOUGAL, Chairman 
Federal and Interstate Relations 

GEO. W. P. HUNT, Chairman 



FOREWORD 



TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ARIZONA COUNCIL OF DEFENSE: 

We herewith hand you the latest report of the Chairman of the State Council 
of Defense to the Executive Committee, as well as a summary prepared showing the 
definite work of the State Council of Defense to that date. 

We are glad to advise you that the crop survey for the entire state, which has 
involved an immense amount of work and in which we have had the help of the 
Extension Service of the University of Arizona under the successful leadership of 
Professor E. P. Taylor and the active help of all the County Farm Advisers as well 
as hundreds of volunteer workers, is now fully completed, and we herewith hand 
you a tabulated statement showing the acreage in crops throughout the state. 

The immense increase in the acreage on such food crops as potatoes, beans and 
garden truck is an interesting illustration of the practical value of the organized 
drive for increased food production commenced last April under the able direction of 
our committee of Food Production and Conservation. 

We are sending to the chairmen of the various County of Defense Councils the 
details of crops by districts of each county, and believe that by careful study of 
these crop surveys the planting for the coming season can be done on a basis which 
will result to the decided benefit of the people of this state as the knowledge will be 
given them of what food crops they are short, thus enabling them by intelligent 
planting to supplement their shortage. 

The county agents in each county will also have a copy of their county crop 
survey, and will naturally give every possible assistance to the farmers in their 
plans for the coming season's planting. 

The welfare work among the families of the men who have gone to the various 
branches of national service from Arizona, as outlined by the Chairman in his 
report to the Executive Committee, is now well under way, and we are receiving 
most excellent co-operation from the commanding officers in the various camps. 
The following letter was received from General Wood and shows his appreciation 
of this plan: 

Camp Funston, Kansas, October 19, 1917. 
"Mr. Dwight B. Heard, Chairman, 

"State House, Phoenix, Arizona. 

"Dear Sir: Your letter of the 16th, informing me you have forwarded 3,600 
welfare service cards, is received. We will do the best we can for you in this 
matter. Of course, you understand we are still engaged in the clerical work of 

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classifying these men according to occupation, etc., and there may be some delay 
in getting the data you want. It seems to me you have taken up a very important 
piece of work — one which I trust will be carried forward successfully. If the men 
in the ranks can only be made to feel that there is an organization back home 
which is looking after their dependent families and trying to help wherever help is 
needed, it will do much to cheer them up and strengthen the fighting line. If every 
community would organize a society to look after the needy dependents of those 
at the front, it would be one of the finest movements ever undertaken." 

"Yours truly, 

"LEONARD WOOD." 

A copy of the welfare service cards referred to will be found in this pamphlet 
on page sixteen. 

As the work of the Council of Defense develops, it becomes very desirable that 
County Councils should be organized in all counties of the state. Six counties are 
already so organized. We anticipate that you will probably visit Phoenix during the 
State Fair, and we are hoping during the week of the fair to arrange for meetings 
at our new headquarters, one hundred and eighteen North Central Avenue, of mem- 
bers from the various covinties, so that nucleus of a county organization in every 
county not now organized may be perfected during fair week. We trust that shortly 
after your arrival in Phoenix you will report at headquarters that we may arrange 
for a definite meeting of the members of the Council of Defense from your county. 

You will be interested to know that the Council of Defense has kept in close 
touch with President Wilson's Federal Labor Commission now in the state, and that 
its work is progressing very satisfactorily. 

In line with the recommendation of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, 
resignations have been asked and received from all the members of the old Labor 
Committee which was deadlocked, and at the next meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee a new committee will be formed which we believe will be a thoroughly active, 
constructive committee, on which will be representatives of organized labor, the large 
employers of labor, and a group of four or five men of high standing involved on 
neither side of the labor troubles of the state, but with records for ability, good 
judgment and .lustice. We believe that a committee created along these lines can 'be 
of great benefit in developing in Arizona the industrial peace so greatly needed. 

The grim reality of this war is being steadily brought home to the American 
people, and they are steadily awakening to the fact that each man and each woman 
can and should render some definite service to the nation in its time of need. Witti 
Russia inactive as an ally, with Italy in retreat, and with France on the verge of 
Starvation, each day it becomes more apparent that it is the effective use of the 
men, money and food of the United States, that from now on will be the big factor in 
winning this war for Democracy.. 

The great success of the Liberty Loan shows the American people are equally 
behind the government in this fight. The subscription by the million and a half 
men now in the army for over $80,000,000 of Liberty Bonds, has been an inspiring 
example of devotion to the country, and the way the people from one end of the 
country to the other are rallying to the support of Mr. Hoover in his campaign to 
save food, that our boys at the front and our allies may be better fed, proves that 
the men and women are ready for the campaign of real national service. 

Each day brings new evidence that the people of Arizona want the chance to 
work to help win this war. And the Council of Defense will endeavor, through the 
county organizations, to outline practical plans of work in which each patriotic 
citizen may have some definite and useful service to perform. 

This pamphlet gives you some idea of what has been done to date and of the 
constructive plans for the future, and if our funds permit we hope to issue a 
similar pamphlet every few months. 

Hoping to see you during fair week and have the benefit of your advice and 
counsel at that time, we remain 

Faithfully yours, 

DWIGHT B. HEARD, 



GEORCxE H. SMALLEY, 



Chairman. 
Secretary. 



Headquarters. Arizona Council of Defense, 

118 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Ariz., November 1, 1917. 

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Summary Covering Principal NA^ork Done 
by The State Council or Defense or Its 
Sub-Committees, Since Its Organization, 

April 19, 1917. 

FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD CONSERVATION 

In the organized campaign in the state to speed up production, stop waste 
and conserve food, the people throughout the state liave given splendid support 
to this movement which lias been largely carried on under the direction of our 
Conservation Committee of which Dr. R. B. \'on KleinSmid is chairman. Meetings 
have been held all over the state and speakers have been provided, with the result 
that our productive acreage has been immensely increased and the state will pro- 
duce more food this year than at any time in its history. 

The women, under the vigorous leadership of Mrs. Pauline M. O'Neill, have 
been exceptionally active in the campaign for eliminating waste in the home and 
for canning fruits and vegetables. 

Realizing the need of direction in the most practical methods of fruit canning, 
drying and preserving, Miss Grace I. Tufts was secured by the Woman's Auxuliary 
of the Council of Defense, to assist in this work during the canning season, which 
resulted in the saving of much fruit that would have been wasted. 

A few definite examples of the results of this general work may be interesting. 
In 1916, according to the tax commission report, the cultivated area through irriga- 
tion in Maricopa County was 212,344 acres, or nearly 60 per cent of the total irri- 
gated areas of the state. According to our completed crop survey this j-ear there 
are 266,362 acres in cultivation. While much of this increased area is due to natural 
development, a large share of this increased productive area is undoubtedly due to 
the systematic drive made for increased production. Hundreds of new gardens 
have been started. The school garden idea has been vigorously developed and in 
my own school district 35 new school gardens have been started. Our acreage in 
milo maize, a very valuable food crop, has been greatly increased. The last of 
May when the Maricopa County survey was completed, 14,723 acres were found 
planted in milo maize, and in the months of June and July, many thousand acres 
were added to this acreage, giving us an acreage of undoubtedly twice the amount 
of this crop of any previous year. In the various counties of the state a special 
drive has been made to secure additional plantings in beans, and from the figures 
now coming in this acreage will be several times that of any previous year. In 
Coconino County in the North, under the leadership of some of the members of our 
State Council of Defense, a very great increase in potato planting has been made, 
and reports indicate that Coconino County alone will produce this year three 
hundred and seventy-five car loads of potatoes as against fifty car loads produced 
last year. 

The movement for small gardens throughout the state has been given a tre- 
mendous impetus. One of the interesting demonstrations of what can be practically 
done with the small garden has been made near Miami under the direction of Mr. 
C. E. Mills of our State Council, where fifty-four acres, formerly unproductive, 
under the supervision of Mr. J. R. Standige, have been put into war gardens where 
the workmen of that community, under a co-operative plan, are raising great quan- 
tities of garden truck which it is estimated will be worth between $15,000 and 
$30,000 before Christmas. 



CROP SURVEY 

In order to have exact facts of our present food production in the state for the 
use of the Food Administrator in his work, a complete crop survey of the state has 
been prepared, with the co-operation of Prof. E. P. Taylor in charge of the ex- 
tension service of the University of Arizona and the county agricultural agents, and 
was ready for delivery to Mr. Timothy A. Riordan, Food Administrator for Arizona, 
on November 1. In this state-wide crop survey hundreds of volunteer workers 
have given from one day to a week's service, while many automobiles have been 
donated for the field work. Crop sheets containing the result of this work will be 
found in this report. 

EFFICIENCY OF WOMEN'S WORK 

The well organized work done by the women of the state to conserve 
food in the home and stop waste has laid a firm foundation for Mr. Riordan's work. 
In fact, in all this work, we believe that of the women has shown the highest 
standard of efficiency. 

HELP IN OBTAINING LABORERS 

As a result of the action of the Executive Committee and interviews of its 
Chairman with Secretary of Labor Wilson and Assistant Secretary Post, at 
Washington, the suspension of the alien labor immigration clause and the per 
capita tax as to Mexican labor for agricultural purposes in Arizona has resulted in 
bringing in thousands of much needed laborers into the agricultural communities, 
thus releasing many of the laborers for the industrial work. 

REGISTRATION AND ENLISTMENTS 

Organized work in helping to make registration day a success, including posters 
in foreign languages, badges, furnishing speakers and so forth. 

Organized effort to increase enlistments in the Arizona National Guard Regi- 
ment and letter sent out on June 18th, signed by Governor Thomas E. Campbell, 
John C. Greenway, and the Chairman of the Council of Defense, to 2300 representa- 
tive men of the state urging them to use their best efforts to secure one or two 
definite recruits. 

LIBERTY LOAN 

Active assistance given by members of the Council of Defense throughout the 
state in making the Liberty Loan campaigns a success, and a resolution of the 
Executive Committee on this subject was given publicity throughout the state; 
and vigorous participation by many members of the State Council in making 
Arizona's contribution to the $100,000,000 Red Cross Fund a success. 

WORK OF BOY'S RESERVE 

Active assistance given to the Boy's working reserve in Maricopa County, and 
boy scouts in Yavapai County in organized agricultural work done this summer. 
This work, throughout the state has been placed under the leadership of Mr. Lin B. 
Orme who has devoted much time and energy to the work with very .-^lucessful 
results. This boy's reserve in Maricopa County which was organized under a 
military form, hoed 2,220 acres of cotton, dug 25 acres of potatoes and picked 85 
acres of melons. Seventy-seven boys were employed in this work. They earned 
$7,600. paid all exi)enses, and at the close of the season each boy had a comfortal)le 
nest egg of earnings. The camps were run on a strictly business-like basis. The 
spirit shown by the boys was splendid and the same fine spirit of service was evi- 
denced by the boys in Yavapai County, who were under the leadership of County 
Chairman Hoogestratt. This movement is not only an advantage from an agricul- 
tural standpoint, but it develops manliness and a spirit of service on the part of the 
boys, and it is hoped will be largely extended next season. 

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CO-OPERATION OF THE COUNTY AGENTS 

Throughout the state wherever County Agents were established the Council 
has worked in the most thorough co-operation with such agents. An illustration 
of the results of such co-operation in Maricopa County is shown in the furnishing 
of silo forms by the County Agent to the farmers at a fee of Twenty-five dollars, 
the cost of these forms being met by the Council of Defense. This greatly de- 
• creases the cost of silos. 

LECTURES BY DR. VON KLEINSMID 

To awaken an increased spirit of patriotic service, under the auspices of the 
State Council of Defense, Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid, Chairman of our Conservation 
ring his lecture, "Amei-ica's Duty in theCommittee, made state-wide tours, delive 
War with Germany." These lectures were very largely attended and did much to 
awaken the people to the duties confronting them. 

WORK OF VARIOUS SUB-COMMITTEES 

In co-operation with the National Council of Defense, a committee known as 
The Four-Minute Men Committee, was created under the able leadership of Mr. 
George J. Stoneman, who is co-operating with Mr. E. J. Cooper, representing the 
moving picture industry in Arizona, for the showing of patriotic films throughout 
the state and making four-minute talks. This speaking campaign has already been 
started. 

The Committee on Public Defense and Security, of which Capt. John C. 
Greenway is Chairman, has been exceptionally thorough in its work of organizing 
men of the state for home protection. This has involved an immense amount of 
work which has been done in a systematic way, making it of exceedingly practical 
value. 

Under the direction of the Committee on Transportation of which Col. Epes 
Randolph is chairman, a complete survey has been made of the transportation fa- 
cilities of the state, including automobiles, all of which have been listed, placing 
them in readiness for national service in case of any emergency. 

The plans formulated in the organization of the Committee on Scientific Re- 
search, under the leadership of Dr. D. T. MacDougal, have been carried out; a list 
made of the scientifically trained men of the state, including the physicians which 
number about 1200; the laboratory facilities of the state have been ascertained; and 
while the number of scientists who have been called to direct military service is 
not definitely known, it will be ascertained. The several members of the com- 
mittee have been engaged directly in their special sciences, in co-operation with 
various national bodies. The research work of the committee is mostly of such 
confidential nature that it is deemed inadvisable to describe either its methods or 
its results in detail, however, the rare metals, sugars, rubber and foods have come 
under the survey of this committee, whose work has been of very great value. 

The Committee on Relief, of which Judge Edward W. Wells is chairman, has 
organized its work throughout the state, is co-operating thoroughly with the Red 
Cross and will be in a position to handle vigorously the new work before it with 
the departure of our boys to the front. 

The Committee on Public Health and Sanitation, under the direction of its 
chairman, Dr. R. N. Looney, has completed a full report showing the number and 
location of all hospitals within the state, number of beds in each, location of all 
available temporary hospitals and all other information which would be of value in 
case of an emergency. 

Under the leadership of Mr. Allan B. Jaynes, Chairman of the Committee on 
Publicity, weekly and sometimes daily publicity has been distributed throughout 
the State, covering the information furnished us from the National Council of 
Defense and outlining and referring to work undertaken by the State Council. A 
pamphlet also was distributed during the month of June, briefly outlining the 
practical work under way. 

The Finance Committee, through its Chairman, Mr. John H. Page, has raised 
the necessary funds for the above work through the contributions of public spirited 
citizens and the financial support given this work by a number of the counties 

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through their boards of supervisors; the total amount of disbursements to date — 
October 1, amounting to $7,259.28 — have been all paid out under a careful voucher 
system. All officers of the Council except the Secretary, of course, serve v^^ithout 
compensation, paying- their own expenses in connection with this work. 

The mineral survey of the state under the direction of Prof. C. F. Willis, Direc- 
tor of the School of Mines, University of Arizona, and Secretary of the Committee 
on Scientific Research of the State Council, is nearly completed. Prof. Willis is now 
arranging for illustrated lectures to be given in evei'y county showing results of this 
work and encouraging prospectors to search for rare minerals for use in munition 
making. This should prove a very valuable development movement. 

THE CO-OPERATION OF THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND 
BUREAU OF MARKETS 

In co-operation with the State Council of Defense, the U. S. Geological Survey, 
under the direction of Mr. D. A. Gilchrist, State Leader of Rodent Control, has suc- 
ceeded in ridding the agricultural areas of the northern counties of the State of 
immense numbers of Prairie dogs. The survey made by the Council of Defense 
included an inquiry regarding the presence of the pests and this information so out- 
lined was immediately turned over to Mr. Gilchrist who gave prompt attention to 
the work of destroying these pests. This hac proven a very valuable food conser- 
vation measure. Also, in this connection the services of the Assistant State Ento- 
mologist, Dr. O. C. Bartlett, i-endered were very valuable in destroying food consum- 
ing bugs. 

The State Council also co-operated with Mr. J. H. Collins, representing the U. S. 
Bureau of Markets, in assisting Maricopa County potato growers in obtaining their 
just claims upon potato shipments, which resulted in the distribution among them 
of several thousands of dollars. 

MARKETING pOARD IN COCONINO COUNTY 

The Council, through its Secretary, Mr. George Smalley, organized a marketing 
board in Coconino County, under the chairmanship of Dr. V. M. Slipher, to assist in 
marketing the largely increased crop of potatoes. 

BOOKS FOR MILITARY CAMPS 

Recently the Council has assisted in getting books for the use of our enlisted 
men's clubs, which are forwarded to the various camps as soon as gathered. Mrs. 
Pauline M. O'Neill has been in charge of this very practical work. 

CONCLUSION 

In addition to this work an immense amount of routine correspondence has 
been handled, both with the National Council of Defense and sub-committees and 
others who come in contact witli the work of the State Council. 

We feel that we have at least Ijlazed a trail for intelligent national service. The 
work was new and there has naturally been some wasted energy. With the experi- 
ence gained and a steadily increasing co-operation on the part of tlie people, the work 
should constantly increase in efficiency and usefulness. 

The most important work now before us, in our judgment, is the development of 
some practical plan in thorough co-operation with the Red Cross, which will assure 
to our boys at the front the welfare of their families during their absence in the 
national service. It seems our clear duty to work out such a plan to the end that 
want comes to the families of none of these young men while they are away, and we 
believe work along these lines will find a liberal response from the patriotic men 
and women of this State. 

DWIGHT B. HEARD, 
Chairman, Arizona Council of Defense. 

GEORGE H. SMALLEY, 

Secretary. 



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Report of JJw^ignt B. rleard. Chairman, State Council oi Defense, 

to the Executive Committee at its Meeting 

October 1, 1917 



This morning you iiave heard the reports of the chairmen of the various sub- 
committees, and I herewith hand you a summary of the principal work of the 
Council since its creation the latter part of April: 

The task before us has been a new one, and sometimes it has been rather diffi- 
cult to blaze a trail which would lead to strictly practical results, but from now on, 
with the vigorous co-operation of the people of the State, we ought to decidedly 
increase the efficiency of our work. 

We have now come to a time when we must look the facts squarely in the face 
and realize that with Russia ineffective and the continued success of the submarine 
the task of winning this war for democracy is being steadily shifted onto the shoul- 
ders of this nation. Our men and munitions are not only needed, but vast and 
steadily increasing quantities of food and money, and the faster we furnish these 
supplies the better will we safeguard the lives of our own boys who are offering their 
all for the country. Our task is a stupendous one, but none too great for the 
courage and genius of our people if we can succeed in efficiently mobilizing the 
entire resources of the country for national service, check greed and waste, and 
bring food and fuel to our industrial workers at such prices as will create content- 
ment and insure uninterrupted industry. 

The problem now before this Committee is to provide a practical, constructive 
plan, based on the experience already gained, by which Arizona could do its full 
share to win this war, and it seems our plain duty to organize the steadily growing 
spirit of service within this State. If we are to make good in the constructive task 
which we have undertaken, we must present to the people a plan for work — the talk- 
ing period is past. 

REALITY BROUGHT HOME 

As each group of our boys leave for the front, the reality of this war is brought 
directly into thousands of homes of this State, and there is being steadily awakened 
a growing desire on the part of those at home to put their shoulder to the wheel 
and do their share in work. The scoffer will always exist, but,^ fortunately, there 
are tens of thousands of patriotic men and women in the State who are now only 
asking for a chance to be of some real service. The women, through the Red 
Cross, and other kindred organizations, have already made a splendid record for 
public service in many ways throughout the State. 

In the call for this meeting, I have outlined certain definite, practical work which 
I believe should be taken up with this Council, and which if vigorously and thor- 
oughly conducted, will give worthwhile results. 

INSURE WELFARE OF THOSE LEFT 

The first suggestions follows: '.'First. The development of some practical plan 
in co-opeartion with the Red Cross, assuring our boys at the front of the welfare 
of their families during their absence. It seems but simple justice that some such 
plan be adopted, to the end that want comes to the families of none of these young 
men while they are in service, and that our service is performed in a spirit of 
patriotic duty." 

In reference to this suggestion, I find existing throughout all portions of the 
State a desire to get back of our boys to the limit, and throughout the State organi- 
zations have been formed, or are about to be formed, to keep in close touch with 
the boys at the front, supply their needs, and l)e prepared to relieve their families 
in case of want. I believe that this whole matter should be systematically handled 
by the Council of Defense and that we should obtain a card index of every man 
from Arizona in all branches of the national service, with a record of his dependents, 
if any, and all other information which can be transmitted to these various local 
organizations for their use. 

Definite financial relief under the organization of the National Red Cross should 
probably be extended through that organization, but the State Council should gather 
the essential facts and keep in close touch with all these organizaions so that all 

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relief work will be complete and thorough, but all overlapping of work will be 
avoided. 

We get an idea of how really big this problem is when we take the figures of 
the men who are actually going into the service from this State. These give us a 
total of five thousand three hundred and eleven divided as follows: 

NEW NATIONAL ARMY 

First Allotment, (left for service September 6) 177 

Second Allotment, (left for service September 19, 20 and 21) 1,389 

Third Allotment, (to go into service October 3) 1,389 

Fourth Allotment, (date of service not yet decided) 517 

Total 3,472 

In service in the National guard from Arizona 679 

Enlisted in Regular Army from Arizona 968 

Quartermaster's Corps 53 

Aviation Corps 52 

Medical Corps 59 

Signal Corps 62 

Engineers Corps 29 

Are included in this 968 

Enlistments in the Navy 164 

Enlistments in the Marines 28 

Total of men in the service from Arizona 5,311 

AID FOOD ADMINISTRATION 

The second suggestion made in the call for this meeting is as follows: 

"Second. Our State crop survey is nearly complete and ready for delivery to 
Mr. Timothy A. Riordan, State Food Administrator, and plans should be evolved to 
give to Mr. Riordan on behalf of the Council of Defense the largest possible co-op- 
eration in the great constructive task he has on hand." 

Fortunately, a large amount of preliminary work has been done through the 
Council, particularly through our Committee on Food Conservation, which will be 
very useful to Mr. Riordan in the big constructive work which he has undertaken, 
and the Council through its Committees will, of course, render to Mr. Riordan every 
possible co-operation. 

The completed crop map of the State — the first ever made in Arizona — which 
has been prepared under the direct charge of the State Council by its Statistician, 
Mr. J. E. Sellers, will be ready to turn over to Mr. Riordan in about ten days, and 
will be a valuable base on which to develop agricultural production for the coming 
year. 

This question of food control, conservation and distribution has a very vital 
relation to winning this war: Not only are our allies confronted with starvation 
unless we materially increase our supplies of foodstuffs to them, but the efforts of 
the Food Administration to reduce the cost of living are going to be of immense 
help in settling the industrial unrest apparent in many sections of our country. No 
more convincing evidence of the need of the Food Administration can be shown than 
in the recently published Government statistics, showing that in the twelve months 
preceding July fifteenth. Nineteen Hundred Seventeen, general retail food prices 
had advanced thirty-two per cent. Since the organization of the Food Administra- 
tion, these prices have steadily declined: Flour in the New York market has dropped 
three dollars a barrel, and the past month shows a steady decrease on nearly all 
food necessities. 

In the work throughout this State much co-operative work can be done be- 
tween the Food Administration and the State Council which will decrease the ex- 
pense of the work and add to its efficiency. 

PLAN OF COUNTY COUNCILS 

The third suggestion presented in the call for this meeting follows: 
"Third. The development of a plan — which is strongly urged by the National 
Council of Defense and which has met with marked success in other states — is that 
of creating active County Councils to work in strict co-operation with the State 

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Councils of Defense. Several of these County Councils have already been organized 
in this State with satisfactory results." 

In this connection, we are advised by the National Council that in nearly every 
state complete county organizations have been created working through and in strict 
co-operation with their State Councils. Many matters of local interest will arise 
which can be best handled by a County Council of Defense. Other matters will come 
up where quick action is needed in some county in co-operation with the State Coun- 
cil, whereby getting in touch with the Chairman and Secretary of the County Council 
prompt results can be obtained. As a nucleus for such County Councils, I suggest 
the present membership of the State Council in the county, with the right, of 
course, for such members to extend their membership in any way as seems most 
practical in which they may cover systematically their entire counties. County Coun- 
cils have already been started in Graham, Pinal, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma, Coconino 
and Yavapai Counties; and the completion of the councils throughout the State, 
and the enlargement of the existing County Councils will greatly simplify our work 
and be of particular help in the welfare work for our boys and their families. 

The fourth suggestion follows: 

WORK FOR LIBERTY LOAN 

"Fourth. Outlining an effective plan to assist in promptly placing Arizona's 
quota of the forthcoming Liberty Loan." 

I believe that ways and means to assist the Liberty Loan Committee appointed 
under the direction of the Director of the Federal Reserve Bank should be worked 
out through this Council, preferably through its Finance Committee, to the end that 
Arizona may equal in the second allotment of Liberty Loan Bonds the fine record 
made on the first allotment. 

DISPLAY AT STATE FAIR 

The fifth suggestion follows: 

"Fifth. The consideration of ways and means of making a patriotic display at 
the State Fair." 

An excellent opportunity is given the Council through the co-operation of the 
State Fair Commission to bring the practical work which it has under way di- 
rectly to the notice of the people at the State Fair, where we have been given very 
desirable space in connection with the Food Administration and the Red Cross, and 
we hope the people may be shown ways and means to render practical service. I 
believe that our headquarters during Fair Week should be transferred to this build- 
ing, and that in every way possible the Council of Defense should try and increase 
patriotic service, and in fact, should bend their efforts to make the keynote of 
the State Fair PATRIOTIC NATIONAL SERVICE. To help in developing this 
idea, Mr. Roy S. Goodrich has been made Chairman of Patriotic Day, and will have 
general charge of the decoration of the building in which our headquarters and 
patriotic exhibits will be installed. He has made a number of excellent suggestions; 
among them, patriotic moving pictures, exhibits on behalf of the Army and Navy, 
and I have written the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Navy, urging very 
strongly their co-operation along these lines. 

REORGANIZE SUB-COMMITTEES 

The Sixth Suggestion follows: 

"Sixth. The question of the simplification of the work of the sub-committees, 
and the possible reorganization of some of these committees." 

Now that we have at least cleared the brush off the ground in our work, 
we can see a little more clearly as to the best lines of practical procedure. We 
want to be sure that all of our committees are not only necessarj', but are strictly 
working committees, and it may be desirable for simplification of our work to 
make some consolidation and reorganizations. For example. Colonel Brown, the 
Chairman of the Committee on Military Training, has been called from the state, 
and it occurs to me that this committee might be combined with the Committee on 
Public Defense and Security, of which John C. Greenway is chairman. 

The committees on Transportation, and Highways and Routes of Travel, seem 
essential, and are doing practical work. 

This brings us to the Committee on Labor, of which John L. Donnelly is 
Chairman, and the point arises that the Labor Committee as at present organized 
is dead-locked and has been for a number of months, in fact since its meeting on 

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May 17th. In my judgment a mistake was made when this committee was organ- 
ized with practically an equal division between members of organized labor and 
large employers of labor. With the present industrial unrest in Arizona, there is, 
in my opinion, a great opportunity for a well balanced I>abor Committee to be of 
great service. Such a committee, I believe, should contain not only some well- 
known leaders both of organized and unorganized labor, and representatives of 
the large employers, but a good portion of the committee should be composed of 
men not directly involved in the labor controversies of the state, and of the highest 
standing in their communities for justice, experience and good judgment. 

In Mr. Donnelly's letter he refers to the approaching visit to Arizona of the 
Labor Commission recently appointed by President Wilson, and I am in receipt of a 
wire from the National Council of Defense asking that our State Council extend 
every possible co-operation to this important delegation on its visit to Arizona. It 
is now the time, in my judgment, to make of our Labor Committee an active, con- 
structive committee, working to bring about industrial peace in this State on a 
basis of justice and fair dealing by both labor and capital. 

The Committee on Public Health and Sanitation will probably have increasing 
work before it, particularly if convalescent camps are built within our State. 

If the plan suggested for co-operation with the Red Cross in a systematic plan 
for keeping in touch with our boys regarding the welfare of their families is adopt- 
ed, the work of our Relief Committee will be very largely increased, and it will 
probably be desirable to enlarge this Committee to take care of this increasing 
work. It has also been urged that the name be changed to Welfare Committee. 

Our Committee on Production, Conservation and Distribution of Food Sup- 
plies has already splendidly outlined its work, and can give to Mr. Riordan, our 
Food Administrator, especially valuable help in his work. 

WORK OF OTHER COMMITTEES 

The work of the Publication Committee will probably be increased during the 
coming year, and I wish that we had the funds — as they have in many of the 
states — to issue a weekly or monthly bulletin for distribution generally. The news- 
papers, however, throughout the State have been very helpful in giving full pub- 
licity to the frequent publications sent out by the Publicity Committee. 

The Committee on Public Revenue and Finance is well organized, and I think 
will be able to provide such funds as to at least cover the fundamental needs of 
our work. 

The Committee on Mines and Manufactories; the Committee on Scientific Re- 
search, and the Committee on Federal and Interstate Relations will probably have 
increased work during the coming year, and it might be desirable to enlarge the 
Committee on Law so that we have a legal representative in every county for the 
convenience of the County Councils. 

For a while it seemed rather difficult to finance the work of the State Conucil, 
but through the generous public-spirited co-operation of a number of citizens and 
the support given the Council by several of the County Boards of Supervisors, we 
have been supplied with sufficient money to carry out some of the most essential 
work before us, althou.gh the amount raised is startlingly small when compared with 
the funds running in some states into millions of dollars which have been raised 
for the work of their state councils and which enables them to carry on an immense 
amount of publicity work and drive home to the people the practical methods in 
which they may co-operate to win this war. 

In closing this report. I feel that it would be highly desirable and will increase 
the efficiency of our work, if a definite monthly date might be arranged on which 
the Executive Committee shall meet and that all members of the Committee pledge 
themselves to endeavor to attend these monthly sessions. I know that this would 
be of immense help to me, and the advice and counsel thus obtained from the 
members of the Committee would be bound to increase the efficiency of our work, 
for, after all, it is work that counts, not words; and with your vigorous support, 
I believe in the next few months we should be able to make a record for real 
constructive work as our share of service at this time of the nation's need. 

I wish at this time to particularly extend my thanks and appreciation to our 
office force under the very able direction of Mr. George Smalley, our Secretary, for 
the efficient manner in which they have handled the immense amount of cor- 
respondence passing through this office; and I also wish to thank the Executive 
Committee for their invariable courtesy and co-operation. 

(Signed) DWIGHT B. HEARD. 
October first, Nineteen hundred seventeen. 

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Form of Cards Used for Enteringf Data Concerning Our Men in 
the Service of Xneir Country 



WELFARE SERVICE, ARIZONA COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 

Man in Service Age 

Married or Single Place and Date of Enrollment 

Present Address, Including Regiment & Company 



Branch of Service Present Rank 

Compensation from Government 

Portion of Pay Assigned To Whom. 

Former Occupation Former Employer 

Compensation Received from Former Employer 

Allowance Now Made by Former Employer, if any 

Former Address 

Names and Addresses Dependents 



DONT FILL IN BELOW THIS LINE 



Organization in Charge. 

Its Recommendation 



RECORD OF WORK LOCAL ORGANIZATION NOT COVERED BY 
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 



Investigated by Date. 

Report of Investigator 



Work Needed 

Position Obtained ... 
Total Wages Family. 
Recommendation 



Assistance Given by Organization in Charge. 



Other Assistance Given. 



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